Improvement in seats for vehicles



J. J. PECK. Carriage-Seat.

Patented Mar. 20, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES I. PEOK, OF DEANSVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEATS FOR-VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,329, dated March 20,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JAMES LPEOK, of Deansville, in the county ofOneida-and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Seats for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following isafull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a transverse vertical section of my invention, taken in theline 00 00, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same,taken in the line 3 y, Fig. 4; Fig. 3, an

inverted plan of the same; Fig. 4, a plan or top view of the same,partly in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improved seat for vehicles of that classwhich are arranged so as to be capable of removal at pleasure and ofbeing adjusted more or less forward or backward, as convenience mayrequire.

The invention consists in a novel manner of securing the seat in thewagon so that the former cannot become casually detached and still becapable of a ready adjustment back- Ward or forward.

The invention further consists in a novel attachment and arrangement ofa top-frame to the seat, as hereinafter fully shown and described,whereby the top may be turned back out of the way when desired withoutfolding back the top.

A represents the body of a wagon, which is of rectangular form, and hastwo bars, B B, secured within it, one at each side of its upper part.

0 represents the seat, the base a of which may be constructed in theusual way, to rest upon the bars B B. To the front end of the base a, ateach side, there is firmly secured a pendent metal bar, D. The lowerends of these bars are made in hook form, as shown at b, each hookforming three sides of a quadrangle, as shown in Fig. 1, and the ends ofthe hooks, which ends extend upward, fit in grooves c in the under sidesof the bars B, as shown in Fig. 1, and these hooks serve as clamps tograsp firmly the bars B B, the space between the lower parts of thehooks and the lower surface of the front part of the base beingsufficiently small to keep the rear end of the base a slightly elevatedwhen thereis no person on the seat, and when a person sits upon theseat, and thereby brings the base a down upon the bars B B, the hooks I)and front part of the base a firmly clamp the bars B B and secure theseat in position. In order to move the seat farther forward or backwardon the bars B B the rear of the base ais raised, which admits of thehooks sliding freely on the bars B B; and in order to detach the seatfrom the bars the rear part of the base a is raised and turned in anoblique position, and the hooks may be readily detached from the bars BB.

The seat 0 is secured to the rear of the base a by hinges or joints 0 c,and the front part of the seat is secured to the front part of the baseby a hook, (I.

E represents a frame, to which the top is secured. This frame extendsalong above the back and sides of the seat, and it has a bent rod, F,attached to each side of it. These rods F are bent in the form ofcranks, the horizontal parts 0 of which serve as journals, and arefitted in the upper part of the base a, so that they may turn therein.The lower parts of the rods F extend down through the sides of the basea and bear against a bar, G, which works on pivotsff at the under sideof the base a.

The bar G is bent so as to form three sides of a quadrangle, and aspring, H, bears upon the upper side of the bar G to keep the rear endsof said bar in line with the lower ends of the rods F, so that thelatter may be retained in an upright position and the frame E secured ina horizontal position. (See more particularly Fig. 2.)

The top is secured to the frame E in the ordinary manner, and in orderto throw back the top the latter does not require to be folded ashitherto. The frame E is simply turned back, as shown in red, Fig. 2,which may be done by raising the front end of the bar Gr so that therear ends thereof will clear the lower ends of the rods F, and the topwill then be at the rear of the seat. In case no top is required theseat 0 is raised from the base a and the rods F and frame E detached orremoved.

The invention is extremely simple, and may be applied at a small cost.In order to prevent the seat being blown over by the Wind when a top isused, I attach a pendent spring, a, to the base to catch under one ofthe bars 13.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The pendent bars D D, attached to the front part of the base a of theseat 0, and pro vided with hooks Z) at their lower ends,in combinationwith the bars B B, fitted longitudinallyin the body Aof the wagomandgrooved at their under sides, as shown at a, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

